The Kooiman Prize is awarded each year for the Best Article published in the previous year in the public administration top journal, Public Management Review. For the year 2020, the editorial board of the journal decided to award three public administration scholars from the Erasmus University: PhD candidate Malika Igalla MSc, prof. dr. Jurian Edelenbos and dr. Ingmar van Meerkerk, for their article ‘’What explains the performance of community-based initiatives? Testing the impact of leadership, social capital, organizational capacity, and government support’’.